Awning



(No Model.)

P. GOMBIS .& W. H-.VG-RAY.

AWNING.

No. 477,512. Patented June 21,1892.

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PETER COMBIS AND \VILLIAM H. GRAY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

AWNING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 477,512, dated June 21, 1892.

Application filed October 7, 1890. Serial No. 367,363. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, PETER COMBIS and l/VILLIAM H. GRAY, both of the. city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Awnings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

Our invention relates to certain improvements in awnings; and it consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a side view of our central supporting hushed hanger, showing the awning and awning-roller. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a side View of a modified form of hushed hanger for supporting the center of the awning-roller, and Fig. 4 is a view of the inner side of the same.

. Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the awning attached, as usual, at its upper edge to a roller 2, upon which it is wound when it is to be rolled up into non-using position.

20 represents a hushed hanger for supporting the central part of the roller 2. This hushed hanger may be made in one piece, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or it may be made in two pieces, joined at 21, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. When made in two pieces, we prefer to form a tongue 22 on one of the pieces, which enters notch 23 in the other piece. The hushed hanger has jaws 24 to receive the roller and the awning wound thereon.

We do not make any claim as inventors to the broad idea of a central supportinghanger; but for the purpose of relieving the roller or awning and the bushed hanger we have conceived the idea of lining the hanger, as described, with glass, porcelain, or other suitable material.

25 represents the lining, which we prefer to secure to the jaws of the hanger by means of lips 24 on the hanger and bolts 26, countersunk into the lining so as not to project beyond the lining, as shown in Fig. 1.

It will be observed that the sides of the hanger are free from any inwardly-projecting flanges, so that the bushing can be readily in sorted in its seat longitudinally of the opening extending through the hanger.

By thus lining the hanger the friction between the roller and the hushed hanger is very much reduced and the wear upon the awning diminished.

In Fig. 1 we have shown the space 20 be tween the lips of the jaws, through which the awning passes, as located at the front part of the hushed hanger, while in Fig. 3 we have shown the space at the lower part of the hushed hanger. Either form may he used.

We claim as our invention 1. The combination of the hushed hanger 20, formed integral with jaws 24, having lips 24, and a fixed anti-friction liningsuch as glass or poreelainfitting in a recess in the hanger and its ends being engaged by lips 24, said jaws being adapted to receive the awning-roller, so that the awning can pass through the space between the lips of the jaws, sub stantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the hushed hanger 20, formed integral with jaws 24, such jaws being free from inwardly-projecting side flanges, and an anti-friction liningsuel1 as glass or porcelainadapted to he slid into position laterally of the jaws, with means for fastening the lining in the hanger, consisting of inwardly-projecting lips 24, that engage the ends of the lining, and bolts 26, countersunk in the lining, substantially as set forth.

PETER COMBIS. \VILLIAM H. GRAY.

In presence of THOS. KNIGHT, A. M. EBERSOLE. 

